Artificial Intelligence - India Lead
Core
Own the vision, priorities, governance, and leadership alignment for the AI function, translating enterprise ambition into a prioritized portfolio delivered from India.
Role type
Director, AI Strategy & Leadership
Builds
Enterprise-scale AI/ML/GenAI solutions and responsible AI guardrails
Domain
Advisory, Finance, Technology
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
AI strategy definition, portfolio governance, executive stakeholder management, team scaling, budget ownership, cloud/vendor relationship management, use-case prioritization
Preferred skills
Offshore/GCC/captive centre scaling, sector domain depth (BFSI, healthcare, retail, manufacturing), advanced degree in CS/ML/Engineering or MBA
Technologies
GenAI, agentic AI, ML
Responsibilities
Define and own the AI strategy and 12–24 month roadmap; establish and run portfolio governance and responsible-AI guardrails; act as primary interface to executive sponsors to secure funding and report progress; build and lead the AI team including org design and hiring; own build/buy/partner decisions and the AI budget; drive use-case prioritization and value realization; champion an AI-literate culture
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership & team scaling